As a world-famous singer he's accustomed to VIP treatment. Unfortunately, Phil Collins didn't get that when he embarked on his south American tour, earlier this week. In fact, the 67-year-old suffered a hold-up at a Brazilian airport over visa problems. Local...

A top samba school's use of blackface in a Carnival parade sparked debate Tuesday about depictions of race in Brazil, which is still grappling with a fraught racial legacy. The storied Salgueiro school's performance in the early hours of Tuesday featured two...

Speedskater Koen Verweij, giving the people what they want. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images. Every Olympic Games, a certain set of athletes receive an honor that, though it bears no medal, brings glory to their countries...

Perusing the winners at the Rocking Horse Winter II Horse Trials this weekend, one name popped out. Swiss Olympian Felix Vogg won the open intermediate-B division on Colero, so we had to find out how he ended up in Altoona, Florida, at the event. Vogg’s...